The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing: Strategies, Structures, and Solutions by Judy Davis & Sharon Hill

Chapter 2:	Using the Right Tools Figure 2-1: An array of notebooks. Back to Top

Chapter 4:	Setting Up the Writing Workshop Figure 4-1: Our meeting area. Figure 4-3: Personal thesaurus/class bulletin board. Highlighting Other Poetry Anthology Entries Hallie's poetry anthology layout. Sam's poetry anthology layout. Rilka's poetry anthology layout. Hadley's poetry anthology layout. Back to Top

Chapter 5:	First Cycle-From Writing Idea to Notebook Entry Highlighting Additional Notebook Entries Stephanie's notebook entry, "I Always Wondered." Hallie's notebook entry, "My Nana." Alex's notebook entry, "The Toylet." Laura's notebook entry, "Why People Are Late." Carey's notebook entry, "Sad." Roschell's notebook entry, "Hot and Sticky Summer Nights." Chris's notebook entry, "My Dad." Albina's notebook entry, "When My Mother Was a Little Girl." Leonela's notebook entry, "Grandpa." Lianna's notebook entry, "A Lousy Day." Back to Top

Chapter 7:	Moving from Notebook Entry to Finished Piece Figure 7-2: A student working on a draft using a flowchart. Figure 7-4: Celebrating students' work. Figure 7-5: Writers' Gallery. Figure 7-6: Great Lines bulletin board. Highlighting Additional Personal Narratives (more personal narratives published early in the year) Alex's writing. Andy's writing. Andy's poem. Gianpaulo's writing. Gianpaulo's poem. Julian's writing. Julian's poem. Rebecca's writing. Belinda's writing. Belinda's poem. Chris's writing. Jacob's writing. Jacob's poem. Jessie's writing. Shardinay's Writing. Back to Top

Chapter 8:	Future Cycles-Lifting the Quality of the Writing Notebook Highlighting Additional Student Work Ellen's writing after reading "My Grandmother's Hair." Josh's writing after reading "My Grandmother's Hair." Noah's writing after reading "Plenty." Justin's writing after reading "Plenty." Emma's writing after reading "Plenty." Sam's notebook entry. Sam's lifting a line to begin a new entry. Luke's notebook entry. Luke's wondering off his notebook entry. Kyla's notebook entry. Kyla's combined entry. Rachel's exploring the "so what" of her writing. Suzannah's exploring the "so what" of her writing. Josh's writing, turning small things into big writing. Kathy's attempts to mimic Jane Yolen's style. Jonathan's initial notebook entry. Another entry by Jonathan on the same topic. Jonathan gathering more on his topic. Jonathan's flowchart to organize his thinking. Jonathan gathering more on his topic after organizing his ideas. Jonathan trying out leads for his draft. Jonathan's first draft. Jonathan's final piece. Jonathan's writer's reflection. More Personal Narratives Demonstrating Deeper Thinking Esther's writing. Hallie's writing. Hallie's poem. Julia's writing. Julia's poem. Luca's writing. Sam's writing. Sam's poem. Amanda's writing. Amanda's poem. Back to Top

Chapter 9:	Mastering the Magic of Revision Highlighting Additional Student Work Suzannah's original notebook entry. Suzannah gathering more around the topic. Suzannah's flowchart to organize her thinking for her draft. Suzannah's first draft. Suzannah's revision work. Suzannah's second draft. Suzannah's final piece. Suzannah's writer's reflection. Personal Narratives Demonstrating a Variety of Crafting Strategies Kyla's writing. Sam's writing. Sam's poem. Carey's writing. Hadley's writing. Hadley's poem. Back to Top

Chapter 10:	Poetry Study A Collection of Student Poetry Jeffrey's published poems. Traci's published poems. Mergim's published poems. Luca's published poems. Laura's published poems. Dyllon's published poems. Julia's published poems. Back to Top

Chapter 11:	Feature Article Study Luca's writing. Feature Articles by Students Eliza's published article. Max's published article. Todd's published article. Lathisha's published article. Highlighting Additional Student Work Daniella's initial notebook entry. Daniella's flowchart. Daniella's first draft. Daniella trying out leads for her second draft. Daniella's second draft with revisions and edits. Daniella's published feature article. Daniella's assessment, reflecting on the process. Back to Top

Chapter 12:	Picture Book Study Sophie's picture book assessment. Sophie's picture book. Typed Texts of Other Picture Books Alex's picture book text. Conrad's picture book text. Suzannah's picture book text. Gabrielle's picture book text. Andy's picture book text. Nigel's picture book text. Belinda's picture book text. Back to Top

	Appendix Scaffolds That Support Writing Work Back to Top



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